pulling my hair out.

[Duv]

Flora, just when I thought I was Potty trained, you come up with something like this! Oh well, back to the diapers. Just an awesome job!

Dave

[Janet Petty]

Flora, you rock!!!

[vinniesworld]

Flora, you continue to amaze.

[Flora]

Dave, Janet, vinniesworld,

thank you so much for your great comments.....

[ajcutler]

I was trying to keep the restoration close to the original. Like others I used a Polaroid Dust & Scratches Filter, and then followed it with a Filter/Noise Dust & Scratches. Then came extensive cloning repair of the good areas of the face that would be copied to the bad areas (right eye, ear, forehead, hair) . Once these areas were cleaned up they were copied to new layers, transformed into shape, and blended in by creating and then painting into a layer mask.

For the background I created a new layer and ran another Polaroid Dust & Scratches Filter, and then used a Guassian blur to blend the background while masking out the Girl. I followed that up with painting on the background for those areas still not blended in.

Lightened the girl's dress by selecting it onto a separate layer and setting the blending mode to screen. Lastly ran an Unsharp Mask with "Hide All" layer mask and selectively painted in sharpness on her face.

Alan

[tell]

What an interesting motion of metamorphosis. All these wonderful interpretations are better than text book learning for me... Christine pushed me in the deep end with her interpretation. Splash. I just had to try to emulate her. Of course l havent. But l have pulled out some new skills trying. The final result is not the original girl at all. I know my rendition is a poor profile, but hey its got me excited. .. Flora .. All that manipulation and still the fabric of the photo remains true. Of course your name has the ability to tune anyone in, so l felt my mouth watering as l clicked on your thumbnail. Its really a special gift you have.... Oh flora before l go. I see some hair tutorials at the bottom of this thread. Could you recommend me any others. I have just purchased a wacom tablet and am really keen to improve my hair brushing... Thank you all again... Tell.

[Flora]

Great Job!!! ... and thank you for your feedback!!!

As for hair Tutorials I found this one ... but there are, probably, billions more....

[Xaran]

Russel Brown has a movie tutorial on hair - about 2/3rds down the page.

Lots of others here as well.

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

Christine

[Flora]

Wow, Christine,

thank you so much for a great link!!!!

[tell]

Thank you Christine for the Russell Brown link. It looks very thorough. I will practice the tips given... Flora, not sure how you get around to helping so many retouch pro enthusiast's. Found your hair link and will try that too... Sorry l didnt get back to thank you both sooner.. Didnt think of looking here again...I really have snubbed the brush palette. Just using the same brush for everything.. Wish someone would do an indept tutorial on making use of the photoshop brush palette. .. Tell.

[Flora]

Hi Tell,

Thanks for your feedback!

As for the 'Brushes' Tutorial .... next on the 'agenda' .....

[tell]

I look forward to that Flora... There might also be a tip or two on utilizing a tablet pen... Maybe a tip on designing a brush for specific tasks, such as using with the clone brush or using to paint hair.... Tell

[ajcutler]

I added a third version where I smoothed out the skin more, gave a more natural color to her face, and brightened her dress and background.

Alan

[limaze]

wow, ajcutlers work looks very impressive. best job in my opinion. it doesnt look so blurry than the other pictures.

[ajcutler]

Originally Posted by limaze

wow, ajcutlers work looks very impressive. best job in my opinion. it doesnt look so blurry than the other pictures.

Thank you very much Limaze.

Alan